New Texas Requirements for Home Inspections Outside of Municipalities

    The Texas Residential Construction Committee has adopted new rules governing the inspection of new home construction for those areas outside of municipalities and therefore, outside of their jurisdiction for building codes.  This is great news for home buyers in Texas.

    CHAPTER 307, SECTIONS 307.1 – 307.7, RELATING TO INSPECTIONS OF HOMES IN AREAS WITHOUT MUNICIPAL INSPECTIONS  directs inspections by licensed inspectors and parameters to be followed, along with punitive action if these requirements are not met. 

    This could be a long post if my goal was to bore my readers to tears.  Given the entire Order of Adoption is linked in this blog article (above), there is no need to drone on.  

   Suffice it to say, home owners are now given more assurance their home is built properly with less value engineering by builders. 

    Builders, some of whom participated in the public process and contributed comments on the language and logic of these changes, may not be too happy with the additional administration and oversight.

    All in all, this is something community leaders and Texas county commissioners have been discussing for years.  Some substandard homes have been built “in the county” where building codes did not apply, to the detriment of the home owners.

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